new2cook

Recipe prepared and contributed by guest writer,  Debalina De


Serves: 2

Ingredients required for Chicken Clear Soup are:

1. 2 cup chicken stocks
2. spring onion finely chopped 2 table spoon.
3. boiled chicken 2 table spoon.
4. salt- to taste
5. white pepper powder- 1\4 tea spoon
6. cornflower- 1 table spoon

1. Make fresh chicken stock . Remove the chicken from the stock. Cover and keep chicken side.
2. Then add the spring onion. Add salt and white pepper powder.
3. Mix the cornflower.  Boil the soup. And stirring continuously.
4. Add ajinomoto and boil for 1 minute.

Sweet and Sour chicken is another oil free chicken recipe that I experimented.  It is an Indian customized oil free Chinese recipe. It actually turned out to be pretty good and tasty. It is very easy to cook and as there is no oil it is an extremely healthy recipe too.


Ingredients required:

1. Boneless chicken - 1 cup (cut in small cubes)
2. Onion - 1 medium size
3. Capsicum - 1 medium size
4. Carrot - 1 small size
5. Tomato sauce - 5 to 6 table spoon
6. Chili sauce - 1/2 tea spoon
7. Vinegar - 1/2 tea spoon
8. Salt to taste
9. Sugar - 1/2 tea spoon
10. Corn flour - 1 table spoon
11. Water - One and a half cup

Method to cook Sweet and Sour Chicken (oil free):

1. Cut the onion and capsicum in small pieces
2. Cut the carrot into circular or oval shapes if you like
3. Now marinade chicken and carrot with vinegar, tomato sauce, chili sauce, salt and sugar for 10 minutes
4. Boil water in a pan and marinade chicken. Boil in low heat for 10 minutes.
5. Add onion and capsicum and continue boiling till the chicken has softened.
6. Make a corn flour mix in water and add it to the chicken preparation
7. Mix it well
8. You may wish to add one or two table spoon of tomato sauce

Enjoy!

Kaju chicken (cashew chicken) is a typical India dish which is best served with garam-garam Tawa roti or parantha. This chicken recipe is based primarily on kaju (cashew nuts) paste.

Ingredients:

1. Chicken leg - 6 pieces
2. Kaju (Cashew nuts) paste - 4-5 table spoon
3. Onion - 2 medium size
4. Cinnamon (dalchini) - 1 inch stick
5. Cloves (laung) - 5-6 pieces
6. Red chili powder -1/2 tea spoon
7. Ginger powder - 1 tea spoon
8. White oil - 5 table spoon
9. Turmeric - 1/4 tea spoon
10. Salt to taste
11. Sugar - 1/2 tea spoon
12. Water - 1 cup

Method:

1. Make a powder of cinnamon and cloves in a mixer
2. Roughly chop the onions
3. Heat the oil
4. Add onion and fry it till it turns a bit brownish
5. Add kaju paste, cinnamon & cloves powder, ginger powder, red chili powder, turmeric powder, sugar and salt
6. Fry them well till you see the oil to separate
7. Add the chicken mix it well and then cover with lid and leave in low flame for 5 minutes
8. Add water and boil the chicken under lid. Stir at regular intervals.
9. Keep cooking till the chicken is soft enough

Now its ready to serve.

Happy eating!

Cheesy Chicken Pasta is a recipe which I specially cooked for the kids. It has no sauce and contains milk and cheese which are healthy for the children. This chicken pasta is very easy to cook and yet very yummy.


Cooking Time: 30 minutes


Ingredients:

1. Boneless chicken - diced into small pieces - 1 cup
2. Macaroni - 1 cup
3. Milk - 2 cups
4. Chicken stock - 1 cup
5. Cheese cube - 2 or 3 cubes
6. Salt to taste
7. Black pepper to taste
8. Oregano to taste

1. Boil the chicken with salt
2. Take the chicken out of the water. The water in which the chicken was boiled is the 'stock'.
3. Pour the chicken stock in a cup
4. Now in a container mix the chicken stock, milk and macaroni. Boil the mixture
5. Add salt
6. Stir continuously
7. When the macaroni is half done add the chicken, cheese cube and sprinkle with black pepper
8. Stir this for a while for till the macaroni is fully done
9. Season with oregano and serve it hot

This is best served with garlic bread as a side dish.

Macaroni with butter or cheese tastes great. Today I experimented cooking butter macaroni for evening snacks. My son was crazy today to have some pasta.  I had some macaroni at home and I tried this pasta recipe. Macaroni is a machine made dry pasta which is hollow and a fun recipe  for the kids.

I thought of sharing this simple yet very tasty pasta recipe with all of you. Hope you enjoy this as well.

It hardly takes 5-10 minutes to prepare.

What you need for ingredients are:

• Macaroni - 2 and 1/2 cup boiled macaroni
• Garlic - 5 cloves
• Butter - 2 tablespoon
• Onion - 1 medium size (chopped)
• Salt to taste
• Oregano - 1/2 teaspoon
• Black pepper to taste

1. In a frying pan put the butter and heat
2. Add garlic and onion and fry for a minute or two
3. Add the macaroni
4. Add salt and black pepper to taste and mix well
5. Sprinkle oregano and mix lightly

We have this 'Hot Buttery Sweet Corn' in so many stalls especially in the malls. It tastes great and the children are crazy about it.

I prepared this at home today evening and it tasted exactly like the ones we have in the 'road side' stalls.

It took me 10 minutes to completely prepare this. The quantity of 2 cups was good for three of us.

To prepare the buttery corn, you need:

- Corn 2 cups (I used frozen sweet corn)
- Butter 1 teaspoon full
- Lemon juice 2-3 teaspoon
- Salt and Black pepper 2 taste

Now, boil corn for 5 mins in high heat. Then drain the water from the corn. In a container, mix the corn, butter, black pepper, salt and lemon juice.

Thats it! Its ready to serve hot.

If you wish you may add a pint of red chilly powder. However, it may be too hot for the kids.

Coleslaw sandwich is a very easy to prepare vegetable sandwich which is very healthy and tasty. Children too like it and it is often appropriate to pack it for their school tiffin as well.

Serves: 2

Time to prepare: 15 minutes

Ingredients Required:

• Bread (white or brown) - 4 slices
• Carrot - finely chopped - 2 tablespoon
• Cabbage - finely chopped - 2 tablespoon
• Onion - finely chopped - 1 tablespoon
• Mayonnaise - 2 tablespoon full
• Salt and black pepper to taste

• Mix the finely chopped carrot, cabbage, onion with the proportion of mayonnaise, salt and black pepper
• After mixing well you would observe a smooth paste that would be formed
• Refrigerate the mixed paste for about half an hour
• Cut the bread slices in triangular shape
• Spread the paste between the bread slices and serve